In Limbo, Omar (Amir El-Masry) is an oud player (it’s a stringed instrument; look it up) born in Syria and currently living on a remote Scottish island where he waits […]
This is an odd, although not entirely unpleasant, one. Anson Mount plays a professional assassin known only as The Virtuoso (in the credits, at least; I don’t think he’s ever […]
There could easily be a sub-genre in the field of the dramatic arts devoted exclusively to stories about drug addiction. In recent years, especially in the era of an opioid […]
Because my maternal grandfather was in the Navy during World War II, he was naturally drawn to the early novels of the late Tom Clancy, whose spy thrillers are often […]
Things Heard and Seen, based on the novel by Elizabeth Brundage, All Things Cease to Appear, is the latest work from the writing/directing team of Shari Springer Berman and Robert […]
More venues are opening up now with limited capacity, shows scheduled for the near future, and a new normal may be happening soon. But as we said in the one-year […]
I think the first time I took the mantle of dark lord to stop adventurers and would-be plunderers was way back in 1997 with Dungeon Keeper. Since then, I’ve taken […]
There was a time in my life where I got sick of platformers. But as I’ve gotten older, I’ve learned to appreciate a good, challenging platform experience. Games like Super […]
It could be a sign of aging on my part, but I seem to have lost my patience for films about young people running around causing general mayhem and screwing […]
Alan Ladd Jr. was born into show business, as a certain percentage of those who work in the film industry are. They use their familial connections to work their way […]
I have fond memories of playing games like Twisted Metal 2 in marathon sessions in my youth. As a result, I have a fondness for games featuring over-the-top vehicular combat, […]
Tools Up! Might be seen as a sort of a clone of Overcooked, and I can’t really argue that. They definitely have similarities, but they’re also extremely different. Having played […]
